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About “Just to Talk About” #38 (April 2024)

Publication Follow-Up

Gianfranco Vigneri
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6 min readMay 1, 2024

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Hello Folks! How are you all doing?

Today is the first of May and in many parts of the world Labour Day is celebrated.

It is a holiday that has been in vogue for more than 130 years, established following the events surrounding the so-called Haymarket riot.

Harper’s Weekly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A sad page of history that occurred in the spring of 1886 when the forces of law and order opened fire on employees of a farm machinery factory in Chicago. The workers had called a strike in protest because the law instituting the eight-hour workday limit was not being respected.

On that fateful 3rd of May 1886, two people lost their lives and, to avenge this bloodshed, some anarchists immediately called a protest rally that was to take place the next day at Haymarket Square.

This event too soon degenerated into a bloody clash far worse than the previous one in which there were deaths and injuries.

If you are interested in learning more here is an interesting link

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Gianfranco Vigneri
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Written by Gianfranco Vigneri

MSc Economics, BSc Communication, Business Analyst by day, Musician, Writer & Editor when Sun sleep. www.gianfrancovigneri.it - Book Author La Piuma sulla Pelle

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